unmanageable

unmanageable

English

Alternative forms

• unmanagable

Etymology

un- +‎ manageable

Adjective

unmanageable (comparative more unmanageable, superlative most unmanageable)

1. Not manageable; not readily submitting to handling or management; not easily restrained, governed, or directed

   Synonyms: uncontrollable, unworkable

   • 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:

     It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].

Synonyms

• uncontrollable

Antonyms

• manageable

Related terms

• unmanageability
• unmanageableness
• unmanageably

Translations

not manageable; not readily submitting to handling

Esperanto: neregebla Finnish: hallitsematon (fi), vaikea hallita French: ingérable (fr) Greek: Ancient: ἄσχετος (áskhetos) Hungarian: kezelhetetlen (hu) Interlingua: ingovernabile Italian: ingovernabile, ingestibile Japanese: 手に負えない (ja) (te ni oenai), 煮ても焼いても食えない (nitemo yaitemo kuenai) Latin: inhabilis Maori: ngākau totoa Middle English: incorrigible Portuguese: ingerível Spanish: inmanejable (es), ingobernable

References

• unmanageable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911